Car seal



June 8 1926. 1,587,754

1.; J. BRUNE, SR

CAR SEAL Filed Dec. 5, 1925 feuds J Brun/e 5v.

Patented June 8, 1926. i v

UNITED STTES LOUIS J. BRUNE, SR, 0]? NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

CAR SEAL.

Application filed December 5, 1925. Serial no. 73,519.

gaged hooked members within the chamber of the frangible member forconnecting the looped member together, and offset bends on the samesides of the ends of the band as the hooks and forming abutments forpreventing insertion of a tool within the frangible member fordisengaging the hooks, one of said bends forming means for preventingoutward movement of one of the ends of the band. Also to provide struckout lugs in the band adjacent the last named hook for preventing inwardmovement of said end of the band.

A further object is to provide one end of the band with a reducedportion, on which the chambered frangible member is slidably mounted toa point where its ends can be stamped to shape and then drawn into thechamber of the frangible member before striking out the lugs forpreventing longitudinal movement in one direction of said band end. a

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, showingin the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changesin the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scopeof what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the seal,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the seal, showing the frangible bodymember in longitudinal section, I

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the interengaged end of the band.

Figure at is a perspective view of one end of the band and the frangiblebody member, showing the band end in position to be stamped to form.

Figure 5 is a vertical lon itudinal sec tional view through a modifiedform of seal showing a modified form of interengaging means.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the interengaged ends of the formshown in F igure 5.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the band ofthe seal,which band is provided with a relatively wide portion 2 on which may bestamped any indicia desired, for instance a number and thename of therailroad. The reduced ends 30f the band extend towards each other andare provided with hooks 4 which are disposed within the chamber 5 of thetransparent body member 6, and are interengaged. It will be noted thehooks 4 are opposed in relation to each other, therefore it will be seenthat when one of the ends is passed through the open end 7 of thetransparent member 6 and forced over the other hook t the hooks willinterengage with each other. The ends'3 are provided with offset bends8, which extend to the sides thereof the same as the hooks, therefore itwill be seen that it will be impossible for an unauthorized person toinsert a tool into the device and disengage the same. Referring toFigure 2 it will be seen that the offset bend 8 at'the inner end of thechamber 5 will prevent outward movement of'the adjacent end of the bandwhich extends through the aperture 9 and is relatively tight therein,consequently the hooks't, after once being hooked, can

not be disengaged. The band end 3adjacent the aperture 9 is providedwith struck out lugs 10 which engage the adjacent end of the body member2 and prevent movement of the body member 6 to a position where thehooked members 4 will be outside theohamher 5.

During the course of manufacture one of the ends 3 is passed through thebody member 6 to the position shown in Figure 4, and at which time theportion of the end 3 projecting beyond the open end of the body membersis stamped to shape, and then drawn into the body member until theoffset bend 8 engages the inner end of the chamber 5, after which thelugs 10 are struck out for holding the body member against longitudinalmovement, therefore it will be seen the body member is permanently fixedto one end of, the device, and during a sealing operation the other endof the device is forced into the chamber 5 unitil the hooks 4.1 areinterengaged, Refer ring to Figures 5 and G, the structure and operationis substan the, same as in l igures 1 to 4, how i of the ends 3 isprovided with a reduced arm 11 which terminates in a spring arm 12, andwhich arms 11 and 1 2are forced through the aperture 13 ot an eye 14,carriedby the other arm; thereby "positirely intereng'agingthe ends ofthe band, antl'a's the band has some S -1 mg action the spring arm 12Will spring Lipwarc'lly a-n'd engage the innerside of the eye let andprevent the e idsbf the band from beingpul1ed"apart. In this form 1 theo lfset bends 8 prevent a tool from be'ing placed into the chamberb forfd isengafgiiig "the I meihl'iersi The body memberfi is p ferablyijcrnie'd from transpar germ-11 f at which allows "an inspector p 21 1130116 to easily 'see the interi d en'dsfo't the bandf'at all times, and

at't'h same enemy be easily broken' toi.

d1 g the ends ot the bandhvhen'necnd the "same time will easily t paeinr v lf rpm tl: ab re it' will'beseenthat a car [seal i's profv ldedwhich is simpldi eon struction, thefparts reduced 'toa minimum,

and one 'which maybe cheaply manufao I x.-f1'- I.

hating beeh set forth what new and useful is:. 1

al "comp ingfa-body' me'mber gf'a chamber e'X'te'nclin'igj"entirelythere- Ligh, anc ,"e'nds ed by" said"ba1'1d "and extending? opposite]ends 'of the chamber of the body lifiember, interengagchamber, of thebody 'fiie111ber," offset bends ver in this form one chamber of: thebody member and st 'ruel: out lugs in the last named band end andadjacent theout'e'ren'dot' the body member and forming means wherebyinward move ment of said ends in relation to the body member isprevented. I

2. The combination with a car seal comprising a chambered body member,band ends extending into opposite ends of the bodymen'lber',interengaged opposed hooks carried by. the band ends within the cham berotthe bodymember, offset bends in theends of the band and on theisamesides thereof as-the hooks, -strnck out lugs carri'ed by one"o'l"- theband ends adjacent the eirdofthe body member, said lugs incombinationwith 'one' of the offset bends pre- Venting longitudinalmovement ofthebody member in both direct-ionson said band end. car seal"comprising a body member having a: chamber extending 'therethrough BJICl OIIS endf of which chamberis relative narrow, bandends extendinginto opposite ends of therhamber, one 01 said ends'being ofsubstantially the same cross sectional area as the relatively narrowendfot the chamber,'interengaging mean's between the band ends withinthe chamber, ofl'set obstruction shoulders carried-"by the band endsa'djac it the interel'igaging means, one of said"shoulderscooperatingwith one end of the body member fonpreventing outward n'rovement ot'saidend dfistruck lugs car- 'ried 'by said last named band end and coop-;eratinfg wlthsaid last named offset bend for preventinglongitudinalmovement of the body member on said end.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. t

1101 13.]. BRUNE, SR.

